ST485

LOW POWER
RS-485/RS-422 TRANSCEIVER

■ LOW QUIESCENT CURRENT: 300µA

■ DESIGNED FOR RS-485 INTERFACE
APPLICATIONS
■ -7V TO 12V COMMON MODE INPUT
VOLTAGE RANGE
■ DRIVER MAINTAINS HIGH IMPEDANCE IN
3-STATE OR WITH THE POWER OFF
■ 70mV TYPICAL INPUT HYSTERESIS
■ 30ns PROPAGATION DELAYS, 5ns SKEW
DIP SOP
■ OPERATE FROM A SINGLE 5V SUPPLY
■ CURRENT LIMITING AND THERMAL
SHUTDOWN FOR DRIVER OVERLOAD
PROTECTION It operates from a single 5V supply.
■ ALLOWS UP TO 32 TRANSCEIVERS ON Driver is short-circuit current limited and is
THE BUS protected against excessive power dissipation by
thermal shutdown circuitry that placed the driver
DESCRIPTION outputs into a high-impedance state. The receiver
The ST485 is al low power transceiver for RS-485 input has a fail safe feature that guarantees a
and RS-422 communication. Each part contains logic-high output if the input is open circuit.
one driver and one receiver. The ST485 is designed for bi-directional data
This transceiver draw 300µA (typ.) of supply communications on multipoint bus transmission
current when unloaded or fully loaded with line (half-duplex applciations).
disabled drivers.

ORDERING CODES

Temperature
Type Package Comments
Range
ST485CN 0 to 70 °C DIP-8 50parts per tube / 40tube per box
ST485BN -40 to 85 °C DIP-8 50parts per tube / 40tube per box
ST485CD 0 to 70 °C SO-8 (Tube) 100parts per tube / 20tube per box
ST485BD -40 to 85 °C SO-8 (Tube) 100parts per tube / 20tube per box
ST485CDR 0 to 70 °C SO-8 (Tape & Reel) 2500 parts per reel
ST485BDR -40 to 85 °C SO-8 (Tape & Reel) 2500 parts per reel

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PIN CONFIGURATION

PIN DESCRIPTION

PlN N° SYMBOL NAME AND FUNCTION

1 RO Receiver Output
2 RE Receiver Output Enable
3 DE Driver Output Enable
4 DI Driver Input
5 GND Ground
6 A Non-inverting Receiver Input and Non-inverting Driver Output
7 B Inverting Receiver Input and Inverting Driver Output
8 V CC Supply Voltage

TRUTH TABLE (DRIVER) TRUTH TABLE (RECEIVER)

INPUTS OUTPUTS INPUTS OUTPUT

RE DE DI B A RE DE A-B RO
X H H L H L L ≥ +0.2V H
X H L H L L L ≤ -0.2V L
X L X Z Z L L INPUTS OPEN H
X= Don’t Care; Z=High Impedance H L X Z
X= Don’t Care; Z=High Impedance

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Symbol Parameter Value Unit

V CC Supply Voltage 12 V
VI Control Input Voltage (RE, DE) -0.5 to (VCC + 0.5) V
VDI Driver Input Voltage (DI) -0.5 to (VCC + 0.5) V
V DO Driver Output Voltage (A, B) ± 14 V
VRI Receiver Input Voltage (A, B) ± 14 V
V RO Receiver Output Voltage (RO) -0.5 to (VCC + 0.5) V
Absolute Maximum Ratings are those values beyond which damage to the device may occur. Functional operation under these condition is
not implied.

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DC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
(VCC = 5V ± 5%, TA = TMIN to TMAX , unless otherwise specified. Typical values are referred to TA = 25°C)
(See Note 1)
Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
V OD1 Differential Driver Output 5 V
(No Load)
V OD2 Differential Driver Output R L = 27Ω (RS-485) (See Fig. 1) 1.5 5 V
(With Load) R L = 50Ω (RS-422) (See Fig. 1) 5 V
∆V OD Change in Magnitude of R L = 27Ω or 50Ω (See Fig. 1) 0.2 V
Driver Differential Output
Voltage for Complementary
Output States
VOC Driver Common-Mode R L = 27Ω or 50Ω (See Fig. 1) 3 V
Output Voltage
∆V OC Change in Magnitude of R L = 27Ω or 50Ω (See Fig. 1) 0.2 V
Driver Common-Mode
Output Voltage for
Complementary Output
States
VIH Input High Voltage RE, DE, DI 2.0 V
VIL Input Low Voltage RE, DE, DI 0.8 V
IIN1 Input Current RE, DE, DI ±2 µA
IIN2 Input Current (A, B) V CM = 0V or 5.25V VDE = 0V
V IN = 12V 1 mA
V IN = -7V -0.8 mA

VTH Receiver Differential V CM = -7 to 12V -0.2 0.2 V

Threshold Voltage
∆VTH Receiver Input Hysteresis V CM = 0V 70 mV
VOH Receiver Output High IO = -4mA VID = 200mV 3.5 V
Voltage
VOL Receiver Output Low IO = 4mA VID = -200mV 0.4 V
Voltage
IOZR 3-State (High Impedance) V O = 0.4 to 2.4V ±1 µA
Output Current at Receiver
R IN Receiver Input Resistance V CM = -7 to 12V 12 KΩ
ICC No Load Supply Current V RE = 0V or VCC
(Note 2) V DE = VCC 400 900 µA
V DE = 0V 300 500 µA

IOSD1 Driver Short-Circuit Current, V O = -7 to 12V (Note 3) 35 250 mA

VO=High
IOSD2 Driver Short-Circuit Current, V O = -7 to 12V (Note 3) 35 250 mA
VO=Low
IOSR Receiver Short-Circuit V O = 0V to V CC 7 95 mA
Current
Note 1: All currents into device pins are positive; all cuttents out of device pins are negative; all voltages are referenced to device ground
unless specified.
Note 2: Supply current specification is valid for loaded transmitters when VDE = 0V
Note 3: Applies to peak current. See typical Operating Characteristics.

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DRIVER SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS

(VCC = 5V ± 5%, TA = TMIN to TMAX , unless otherwise specified. Typical values are referred to TA = 25°C)
(See Note 1)
Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
tPLH Propagation Delay Input to R DIFF = 54Ω CL1 = CL2 = 100pF 10 30 60 ns
tPHL Output
(See Fig. 3 and 5)
tSK Output Skew to Output R DIFF = 54Ω CL1 = CL2 = 100pF 5 10 ns
(See Fig. 3 and 5)
tTLH Rise or Fall Time R DIFF = 54Ω CL1 = CL2 = 100pF 3 15 40 ns
tTHL (See Fig. 3 and 5)
tPZH Output Enable Time C L = 100pF S2 = Closed 40 70 ns
(See Fig. 4 and 6)
tPZL Output Enable Time C L = 100pF S1 = Closed 40 70 ns
(See Fig. 4 and 6)
tPLZ Output Disable Time CL = 15pF S1 = Closed 40 70 ns
(See Fig. 4 and 6)
tPHZ Output Disable Time CL = 15pF S2 = Closed 40 70 ns
(See Fig. 4 and 6)
Note 1: All currents into device pins are positive; all cuttents out of device pins are negative; all voltages are referenced to device ground
unless specified.

RECEIVER SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS

(VCC = 5V ± 5%, TA = TMIN to TMAX , unless otherwise specified. Typical values are referred to TA = 25°C)
(See Note 1)
Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
tPLH Propagation Delay Input to R DIFF = 54Ω CL1 = CL2 = 100pF 20 130 210 ns
tPHL Output (See Fig. 3 and 7)
tSKD Differential Receiver Skew RDIFF = 54Ω CL1 = CL2 = 100pF 13 ns
(See Fig. 3 and 7)
tPZH Output Enable Time C RL = 15pF S1 = Closed 20 50 ns
(See Fig. 2 and 8)
tPZL Output Enable Time C RL = 15pF S2 = Closed 20 50 ns
(See Fig. 2 and 8)
tPLZ Output Disable Time CRL = 15pF S1 = Closed 20 50 ns
(See Fig. 2 and 8)
tPHZ Output Disable Time CRL = 15pF S2 = Closed 20 50 ns
(See Fig. 2 and 8)
fMAX Maximum Data Rate 2.5 Mbps

Note 1: All currents into device pins are positive; all cuttents out of device pins are negative; all voltages are referenced to device ground
unless specified.

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TEST CIRCUITS AND TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Figure 1 : Driver DC Test Load Figure 3 : Drive/Receiver Timing Test Circuit

Figure 2 : Receiver Timing Test Load Figure 4 : Driver Timing Test Load

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Figure 5 : Driver Propagation Delay

Figure 6 : Driver Enable and Disable Time

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Figure 7 : Receiver Propagation Delay

Figure 8 : Receiver Enable and Disable Time

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Figure 9 : Receiver Output Current vs Output Figure 12 : Driver Output Current vs Output High
Low Voltage Voltage

Figure 10 : Receiver Output Current vs Output Figure 13 : Supply Current vs Temperature

High Voltage

Figure 11 : Driver Output Current vs Output Low Figure 14 : Receiver High Level Output Voltage
Voltage vs Temperature

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Figure 15 : Receiver Low Level Output Voltage Figure 16 : Differential Driver Output Voltage vs
vs Temperature Temperature

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SO-8 MECHANICAL DATA

mm inch
DIM.
MIN. TYP. MAX. MIN. TYP. MAX.
A 1.75 0.068
a1 0.1 0.25 0.003 0.009
a2 1.65 0.064
a3 0.65 0.85 0.025 0.033
b 0.35 0.48 0.013 0.018
b1 0.19 0.25 0.007 0.010
C 0.25 0.5 0.010 0.019
c1 45 (typ.)
D 4.8 5.0 0.188 0.196
E 5.8 6.2 0.228 0.244
e 1.27 0.050
e3 3.81 0.150
F 3.8 4.0 0.14 0.157
L 0.4 1.27 0.015 0.050
M 0.6 0.023
S 8 (max.)

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Plastic DIP-8 MECHANICAL DATA

mm inch
DIM.
MIN. TYP. MAX. MIN. TYP. MAX.
A 3.3 0.130
a1 0.7 0.028
B 1.39 1.65 0.055 0.065
B1 0.91 1.04 0.036 0.041
b 0.5 0.020
b1 0.38 0.5 0.015 0.020
D 9.8 0.386
E 8.8 0.346
e 2.54 0.100
e3 7.62 0.300
e4 7.62 0.300
F 7.1 0.280
I 4.8 0.189
L 3.3 0.130
Z 0.44 1.6 0.017 0.063

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